Creating my Web Folio was a term-long project, which started with creating my ENGL301 blog page through WordPress, a blogging and website content management system (or CMS). In the first weeks of the course, I really struggled to figure out how to use WordPress to make my blog page. However, with more time navigating the system, I learned enough to understand how the system works and how to make a well laid out website. Since it was a big challenge to learn WordPress in the first place, I decided to stick with this platform for my Web Folio.
My Web Folio includes a Home page that welcomes visitors to my website, a blog page, a section with my Application Package, a section for examples of some of my best work in ENGL301, and my contact information. Since creating my Web Folio was an ongoing project that started in the first weeks of the course, it was relatively complete by the time we were given the formal opportunity to work on it. Most of my effort went into creating a new Home page, providing introductions to my Best Work pages, writing reflection posts.
People who do not know me and visit my Web Folio will have my Home page as their first impression of me. Not only did I want to entice newcomers to further explore my Web Folio, I wanted to ensure that my website was easily navigated from my Home page. Including hyperlinks and visuals on my Home page helped my website makes my website more easily navigated and also more aesthetically pleasing.
I want my visitors to focus on the content of my Web Folio when they visit my site, so I kept my layout very simple by not using additional widgets. In order to breakup the blocks of text in my writing and add colour to my Web Folio, I included pictures in various pages. Also, in order to further enhance my visitor experience, I included a lot of hyperlinks that take the visitor to different part of my Web Folio or another relevant websites.
I see my Web Folio much like I do my LinkedIn profile, an ongoing project carrying past the course of ENGL301. When I graduate and begin fulltime work, I will take the time to update my Web Folio, since a strong, positive online presence can be very useful when trying to progress in your career.
My Web Folio is the ENGL301 project I am most proud of. I look forward to sharing it with all my connections.